Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jonathan Edwards Never Together Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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